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. (ModeL) H. L. SPIEGEL.

Case for Looks.

No. 241,828. Patented May 24,1881.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. SPIEGEL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CASE FOR LOG KS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,828, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed January 31, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. SPIEGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful I mprovement in Cabinet-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinet-locks, in which the back plate of the lock is made to project on each side of the lock, and adapted to lit a groove or dovetail formed in the inner surface of the drawer-front; and the object of my improvement is to provide a lock which may be secured in its receptacle without the aid of screws. This object I accomplish by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top view of the front of a drawer, showing a top view of the recess for receiving the lock. Fig. 2 is the same as Fig. 1, with a lock having its top partially in section inserted in the recesses Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lock. Figs. 4 and 5 are side views of the lock..

A represents the upper edge of a drawerfront. b b is a shallow mortise for receiving the top plate, D, of the lock. 0 is a larger recess for receiving the body of the look. a is a vertical recess or groove for the key-stud of the lock to slide in, and B is a shallow groove cut in the front, to receive and hold the lockplate G of the lock.

The lock D D is of the ordinary pattern, except its back plate, which is provided with (Model.)

projecting edges G G, which are designed to fit in the groove B and hold the lock fast to the front A. The upper part of the edges G G are bent toward the front plate, D, as shown at G in Fig. 5. Thus, when the lock is inserted and forced down in its recess B G, the bent part G of the back plate springs back, but binds the wood tightly between it and the front plate, D. The lower corner of the lock-face, Fig. 3, has a slit, 42, cut in it, forming a thin strip, m, at the corner. This thin strip, when the lock is forced home, is set into the wood by a hammer, and thus the lock is held from working up out of its receptacle.

It is obvious that the groove B may be made dovetailed and the edges G of the back plate bent to a corresponding angle to fit therein, if desired.

What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cabinet-lock having its rear plate projecting beyond each side of the lock-case, as at G G, and having the upper part of each projection bent toward the front plate, D, combined with the front plate, D, said front plate having a slit, n, and strip m, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY L. SPIEGEL.

Witnesses:

E. O. FRINK, G. H. BENNETT. 

